Nursing Peer Review is an integral part of nursing practice at MGH. Providing feedback, both for strengths and practice development, assist the nurse in assessing his or her practice and develop goals. Below are some tools to guide you to the revised process.

Nursing Education on Demand (NED) NED stands for Nursing Education on Demand and is a virtual Grand Rounds type presentation and/or demonstration. The goal is to provide relevant, up to date information by subject matter experts. NED does require you to view it on a computer with sound.

Nursing and Patient Care Services supports continuing education activities for all members of the team to ensure the delivery of safe quality evidence based care to our patients. Continuing education programs include a wide range of topics promote life-long learning and clinical excellence by establishing, supporting and fostering learning opportunities for the attainment of knowledge and skills necessary for safe, competent and compassionate patient-centered care. For more information including registration please visit, Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical & Professional Development

Massachusetts General Hospital and Patient Care Services offer a variety of scholarships and fellowships to employees to support them in continuing their education as well as enhancing their professional development. Many of these are supported through the generous gifts of former patients and families. Below you will find information on these programs.

Association of Multicultural Members of Partners (AAMP)Each year AMMP members are eligible to apply for scholarships to assist in their pursuit of degrees and other relevant training at colleges and universities. The scholarship program is one more way AMMP can help its members to get the education and training they need to broaden their skills and advance in their careers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Current employees of Partners and MGH are eligible to compete for scholarship awards.

Clinical Leadership Collaborative for Diversity (CLCDN) in Nursing Scholarship ProgramThe CLCDN Scholarship was established to assist in increasing the pipeline of diverse nurses caring for patients throughout the Partners HealthCare and to develop diverse nurse leaders. Applicants who identify themselves as American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander are encouraged to apply. The CLCDN program helps to address the challenges of work, home and school and chart new possibilities for nurses employed at Partners HealthCare Institutions who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree.

Support Services Grants
MGH Training and Workforce Development facilitates and promotes employee education and training to attract, develop and retain a highly-skilled, diverse workforce through sustainable collaborations that support the MGH's mission.

The Clinical Affiliations Program exemplifies our mission “to educate future academic and practice leaders of the health care professions”; our vision “to create a practice environment that is built on a spirit of inquiry;" our professional practice model; and the Department of Nursing philosophy “to educate ourselves and to educate others."

CLINICAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM (CRP) (links from existing resources)

Clinicians in Patient Care Services at Massachusetts General Hospital have long valued their role in caring for patients and families. The Clinical Recognition Program provides a way to formally recognize professional clinical staff for their expertise. Through the program, clinical staff from six disciplines in Patient Care Services analyze their own practice and then seek recognition for the level of practice they have achieved.
The program recognizes that valuable contributions are made by staff at every level and that excellence is a goal common to all.

"Unlike material capital, knowledge does not deteriorate with use. But, like equipment, old skills become obsolete with the advent of new technologies. Continuing education and on-the-job training are required to keep existing skills in line with technological progress and new knowledge." After staff are hired, even the smallest hospital has a responsibility to see that they receive the education and training they need to provide quality care and to keep patients safe.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) places significant emphasis on orientation, in-service education, continuing education, formal education, certification and career development. Personal and professional growth and develoment are valued. In addition, opportunities for competency-based clinical advancement exist, along with the resources to maintain competency.

Based on the work of Drs. Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus, both
professors at the University of California at Berkeley. This is a situational model of skill acquisition. It
is the development of skilled know how. The model states that a person passes through five stages of
qualitatively different perceptions of his/her task and/or mode of decision-making as his/her skill
improves. It is neither expected nor possible for all individuals to proceed in a linear fashion. Skill
according to this model is based on innate ability, experience and environment.